Medium length film - Studio construction - Germany

 

It is the last day of the big carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro. Demétria, a single mother, is waiting for her daughter Cora in a favela. But instead of Cora, various men arrive: a priest, the governor and a policeman. A brutal police raid is underway, allegedly because of drug dealing. The police contemptuously call the inhabitants of the neighbourhood “favelados” and “slumdogs” and the military shoots even at unarmed children. Meanwhile, Demétria and the women around her desperately try to save their daughters and sons. Structural racism and social conflicts that have been smouldering in Brazil for decades are at the heart of this all-singing, all-dancing musical short that is brought to life with the help of rhythmic drumming and other Brazilian sounds.

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Selected in the "Perspektive Deutsches Kino" Section in the 73rd Berlinale

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Directors: Bárbara Santos, João Pedro Prado

Screenplay: Bia Krieger, Bárbara Santos, João Pedro Prado

Cinematography: Kleber Nascimento

Editing:Anton Buzal

Music: Ole Wiedekamm

Sound Design: Ricardo Severo

Sound: Ricardo Severo

Production Design: Claudia Valeria Barrantes Sotomayor

Costumes: Gabriel Carneiro

Make-Up: Maite Herrendorf

Producer: Vincent Edusei

Producers: Sophie Ahrens, Fabian Altenried, Kristof Gerega

Photos by Giuliana Perretta

Co-Production: Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf

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Produced by Schuldenberg Films